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Author: Jan-Mathieu Carbon

CAPInv. 2001: thi]as[itan koin]on

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Caria (Rhodian Peraia)
iii. Site Syrna (Bayir)

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) θι]ασ[ιτᾶν κοι]ν̣ὸν (I.Rhod.Per. 302 l. 33)
ii. Full name (transliterated) thi]as[itan koin]on

III. DATE

i. Date(s) l. iii BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:thiasitai
iii. Descriptive terms κοινὸν, koinon
Note koinon: I.Rhod.Per. 302 l. 33

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Rhod.Per. 302 (ca. 221 BC)
Note Fraser and Bean 1954, 30-33 no. 17
Bresson, Pérée 58b
Online Resources I.Rhod.Per. 302
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Subscription list for the construction of the temple of Asklepios.
i.c. Physical format(s) Large block of white marble.
ii. Source(s) provenance Mosque in Syrna (Bayir); now covered or plastered over.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members Members of the association are called thiasitai (l. 33)

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

i. Treasury/Funds The association contributed 50 dr. towards building works in the sanctuary of Asklepios.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The association contributed to building works in the sanctuary of Asklepios.

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction Although the body responsible for the subscription is not mentioned in the preamble, it is possible to assume that this initiative lies with the community of Syrna where the inscription was found. If so, then the association is actively engaged in local religious affairs.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments For the date of the subscription list see now Badoud 2015, 242.

The exact number of contributors is not known as the stele is partially preserved. Yet among a number of individual donors, three associations feature as contributors to building works in the sanctuary of Asklepios (see also CAPInv. 1129; CAPInv. 2000), all three of them raising in total 450
iii. Bibliography Badoud, N. (2015), Le temps de Rhodes. Une chronologie des inscriptions de la cité fondée sur l’étude de ses institutions, (Vestigia 63): Munich.
Fraser, P.M. and G.E. Bean 1(954), The Rhodian Peraea and islands: Oxford.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note Despite the partly preservation of the name, the elements thiasitai and koinon as constituent parts of the name strongly support the private nature of the group. What remains uncertain is the internal organisation and durability of the group. However, the fact that the group collected money and contributed among other individuals and other associations to a common endeavour (i.e. building works in the sanctuary of Asklepios) indicates that this was an organised group.